epa01593844 A security official looks out on the port of the BOTAS (Petroleum Pipline Corporation) liquefied natural gas, (LNG), import terminal in Marmara Ereglisi, near the city of Tekirdag, west of Istanbul, Turkey on 08 January 2009. Turkey and other European countries are suffering from a shut-off of natural gas flowing through pipelines from Russia via Ukraine, leaving several countries scrambling to secure alternative energy sources to cope with the cold weather snap. EPA/KERIM OKTEN